Reconstruction talk:Proto-Ryukyuan/osi

Page deletion
Can someone delete this page please? No one's done anything to this page and I want it deleted for vacate for new etnry. Chuterix (talk) 14:20, 6 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Proto-Ryukyuan for "cattle" is not *usi. This word is /osi/ in the dialectal form distributed in Yamagata and Niigata prefectures, where have sporadic preservation of *o that is not regular change like Izumo and Akiyamagō dialects that changes every *o/u at the beginning of the word into /o/. Why did you move it?--荒巻モロゾフ (talk) 15:12, 6 June 2023 (UTC)
 * It was to vacate for PR *osi ("to push, to press"). None of the available cognates I have access to (for ushi Chuterix (talk) 15:24, 6 June 2023 (UTC)) have preserved /o/. I suppose you used KDJ2 (full complete book); I have no access to this; any other resources publically accessible to find a preserved /o/ in those dialects? Chuterix (talk) 15:24, 6 June 2023 (UTC)
 * (i forgot to put minor edit on revised comment) Chuterix (talk) 15:25, 6 June 2023 (UTC)
 * This page says おし in Niigata and Yamagata, and also here's a copy of KDJ page  that says ウイ/ウーシ/ウシ/ウッシ in Kagoshima, ウス in Echigo (Niigata) and Ishikawa, オシ in Tottori, オシンボ in Shinshū (Nagano), オス in Iwate and Tottori.--荒巻モロゾフ (talk) 16:18, 6 June 2023 (UTC)
 * What if I'm doing comparison with other words that have an initial /u-/ to reconstruct PJ */o-/? Also I made a Proto-Japonic guidelines page on Wiktionary here and on the talk page you can review and discuss issues about it. Chuterix (talk) 17:43, 6 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Chuterix (talk) 13:22, 9 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Look at this page. I've investigated each words start with /u/. They are distributed biased, and there would be another Japonic layer overridden by newer/Yamato/Yayoi layer spread since about 2000 years ago, where the /u/ can correspond with also *i and *e for the unknown pre-protoform. --荒巻モロゾフ (talk) 10:32, 20 June 2023 (UTC)